Paul Everett Jordan, a 59-year-old Caucasian man, died on November 12, 2022 after a collision in Birmingham’s Roebuck neighborhood. Jordan was driving a Dodge Dakota pickup on the 9000 block of Parkway East and was turning left into a gas station when a Dodge Challenger traveling at high speed struck his truck. The Dakota was pushed into a drainage culvert and the wreckage caught fire; Jordan was pronounced dead at the scene.

Investigators determined the other driver’s conduct was reckless and identified him as 22-year-old Carlos Maurice Caldwell of Center Point. Police say Caldwell was speeding and may have been involved in illegal street racing when the crash occurred. Caldwell was arrested on December 8, 2022 and charged with reckless murder; he was booked into the Jefferson County Jail pending proceedings.

If anyone witnessed the crash, the driving behavior before it, or has dashcam or surveillance footage from the area, please come forward with information.